You're right Jaszek, lensbaby is not a tilt-shift because it can't shift. I got mine because I wanted to play around with a lens that tilted but didn't want to spend $1200 for a Canon TS. I like the model look when you are shooting down on objects. Unfortunately, for this type of photography, I live in a county in Florida which limits buildings to 3 stories.

A tilt Shift lens is primarily used to fix the alignment of the picture. Much like photoshop can straighten crooked buildings or Strighten distorted lines. A Lens baby is use to select a small area of focus in the are being photographed. All your large format cameras employ a type of tilt shift lens. They also allow for perspective correction due to extreme angels...

You're right Jaszek, lensbaby is not a tilt-shift because it can't shift. I got mine because I wanted to play around with a lens that tilted but didn't want to spend $1200 for a Canon TS. I like the model look when you are shooting down on objects. Unfortunately, for this type of photography, I live in a county in Florida which limits buildings to 3 stories.